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10 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, September 29, 1976 Section Two Celbraes92nd Birthday in Memorial Hospital 1A resident of Cartwright Township, Mrs. Margaret Argue, celebrated her 92nd birthday in Bowmanville's Memorial Hospital on September 16th. Four generations of the Argue family including Mrs. Marion Hode, (above lef t) of Cartwright Township, Mrs. Mabel Hyde (right) from Toronto, aà grandi,--daughter and great grandson visited with her for the day. Mrs. Argue is in the hnospital recovering from a broken hip injured during the summer. I t itoJ Dear Sir: We wish to comm.i,-end you highly for publishing the editorial, re:- IlLotteries,". Lotteries are a great concern to thinking people, and we hope your editorial will cause more people to really think about the long-range barra being done to our young people, teaching them to think that asting good fortune is just luck. We should be t,'aching themn that real happiness cornes, not in havmng a lot of," money, but in sharing what we have with others, not only our money, but a smile, a handshake, or whatever - in other words, your time and concern. Cer- tainby Christians should flot be buying ottery tickets, when Christ was very definite in His views on greed., Thank you for a timely editorial. Please continue with th ecourage te print controver- sialI pieces. Yours truly, M.anid Mrs. Robert Hancock Unsound Reasoning Dear Sir: First of ail, I enjoy our local paper -I read most of it, most Francis Tennant Fuels R. R. 1, Orono, Ont. 983-5693 of the tîme. To be fair, 1 should have written several times in the past to offer congratula- tions. However, 1 arn writing this time te point out what I believe to be a peorby thought- out and illogical piece of wrîting: The editorial "Lot- teries Immoral" (Sept. 9). To quote: "Lotteries are immoral in that they legally tel people that their hopes of materiai wealth are based on chance" No matter how hard each of us tries, we have no choîce as te where, when, or te whom we are hemn, and this Ilgamble at birth" plays a major robe in our eventual accumulation of materiai wealth. A gamble may help to attaîn wealth, but it doesn't help people keep it. Chance does play à role in the acquistion of weabth, and it is foolish to deny this reality whether we like it or not. We aIl know people who are financially poor in spite of their effor ts and ohr h are wv-aJth yin sîeo ir lakof eýffort. My second point - t ut "They exploit the dreams of the poor to pay for the pleasures of the rîch." This is an impressive sounding but meaningless sentence. Lot- teries exploit dreams no more than dozens of other institu- tions and businesses. The sentence should perhaps read: They titiliate the dreams of the poor to somedav enjoy the pleasures of the rich. My tlîird point -te quete 'Lotteries are wasteful in that more than haîf of the pro- ceeds are for promotion and administration." Then in your example you state: "58 per cent promrotion, and adminis- tration.*" There is 'a big difference! Fourthby, how is a lottery an "unfair burden on the poor"? No one ha s te buy a ticket! We ail have te pay taxes, Moreover you have missed a very important psychological point: rich and poor alîke begrudge every dollar they pay in taxes. No one grumbles about, the price of a lottery ticket. Point five - te quote: "Lotteries are degrading be- cause they pander to the greatest social evil our society faces today - its idolatry of material things". Big deal! The entire advertîsing indus- try does just that! Advertising has done more to distort and pervert human values than, lotteries ever could. By the way, does your office soul lottery tickets? Point six - you make a big assumption in saying, "win more money to buy more things." It may happen that some lottery prize money goes te very humane. non-material- istic ends. You also assume that your readers are ail shallow and naive enough to rest their hopes for "ever- lasting happiness" on mn- terialism. Lastly, "Gambling fosters gre ed. " I could write a b-,ookn thnsthat foster greed and nieyer get around to mnin ing lotteries. You should direct your efforts to attack some of the institutions within our seciety that foster greed te a greater extent than gamb- ling. This editorial is based on an unsound line of reasening, and is unbecoming a newspaper of good quality. I have no particular desire te have this letter published or te have my name used - I just want you to think about what you have written. Next time, think - then write. Lane K. Prentîce Editor's-Note - The above letter is reprînted from the Port Perry Star and gives another writer's views. Alonna Street Bowmnnville, Ont. Sept. 26, 1976 Dear Editor, Mary and Readers- The arrogance of some people associated with a party in power gets a lîttie unbear- able at times. This Ray Luna was something else. Hie was quoted "Area residents have net had n direct link with the Ontario government since two New Democmntic Party repre- scntatives were elected last year." The direct link with the gevernment opposition is far botter than one with 'a government that forced ro- gional government down our throats. The electorate of the regien demonstrated that by cjecting the government members. Se, what is he talking about? That "Did You Know" columnn was incorrect about our mayor not running. 1 wonder if it is correct about Jim Richards? You are quite right, that was ý uite a shuffle our P.E.T. did. he one thing I notice now is the Iack of a well known popular W.A.S.P. in his cabi- net. He seems to have digposed of them one by one. Talking of' pets, did you notice the letters from Ruth Miller (Sept. 8) and Jean Brëwnlee (Sept. 22) about that dog by-law. These dog fanc- iers who love and look after their dogs are being victimiz- ed because of the few who have no respect for others. 1 mean those people who own dogs and let them wander the streets. Why our council didn't raise the fines when a dog is picked up at the pound, I don't know? The other solution would be, to license cats, this would take an amendment to the Municipal Act, a lot of work but it could be done. Since the pound handles a large number of cats, 1 see no reason why this avenue of revenue should not be explor- ed. How much longer will dog owners be called upon to subsidize the cnt population? I wonder how frequently a dog is on the street because it was being tormented by a cat and thon jumped its fence in pnsiWhen a person takes pride in showing their dogs they usually own more than one, but 1 don't feel they should be called upon to pay $5000 for a license for their fourth dog. All seems quiet on the education front, guess I was th olvoe --bij %or Decisio moving our childreni, andW recommended for discussing splitting our neighbourhood. 1 The Manvers Towýnship the proposaI and the buildin book, "Chuyches in Manve have been wondering if there Council on Sept. 7th, voted to o ossaln h o nar Township - Past and Present is any ink between education sign an agreement with a uine south of 7A Highway. was discussed. The decîsi and the almost 50 for sale developing firm and forward Land severances for lot 16, signs on homes in our neigh- their subdivision proposal to Concession 14, lot six, Conoes- D bourhood? 15 there another the Ontario Municipal Board sion Nine and another for D isse heeWh d s mny (0MB) for further approval. seven acres of land, zoned EX PAN DlN9 issue wth? Why Aorso many Councîl's decîsion came agricultural from an area with all commuters getting fed-up after representatives of Greer a residential zoning in the with the daily drive and the Galloway and Associates Ltd. Hamlet of Janetville were cost of gas? Do you have other made a presentation of their given council's stamp of l"UM H A reasons? By the way, that "Chudleigh Hill" subdivision approval. counit does not, include 20 proposal. mtoso oni A subsidy from Wintario DU R H vacant homes. Other mtoso oni funds for the publishing of aLU GA Morgan, 1 would appreciate included giving the final ISERVEWL N A it if 1 could borrow a copy of reading to a bylaw, changing BINSM ETEV (Christmas Si "Consensus". 1 could be the zoning of land in lot sevenBDE intresed n amemersip. Concession Eight to a special The Bowmanville Kins- Ro iTee vila me son commercial designation. men's second fail meetIng'on Ro geige wter fomthe A policy was approved 'Sept. 2lst featured their Oshawa GE lake. Let us hope expansion calling for property owners to anneual uthpe vîclendo 24 Aima Si occurs the way- the planners help pay for part of the cost Of rdninus the fiaclbfo endLof1 predict., If it does not occur we improving roads which make rungteclb orheT ep will end up paying not only the up the boundary between the coming year. e ph extra haîf a million but als Manvers and Cavan Town- The meeting was aimed at th otsanin rmandrshis etngwt aa generating ideats from within Public are invited to then uthe anib emes due. oship offeeicg ias waaso-the club for funding thefr information related to di whn h lanbcoe de.Twnhi ffcai wsalo varlous activities and projects are P That will be paid for in our we can afford it). and meeting their 1976-77 CHRISTM& water rate, a rate the region Mary, you were correct, budget. has already predicted will be that was quite a surprise at Kinsmen President Dave COMIh riigthree hundred per cntT.0.N.R.A. last Monday. Too Crawford said the executiveAsheW over- the next five years. bad more people weren't there tries to balance their finances PtWslcaI Conditloning Another example of regional to see it.' Sincerely, early in order to give their Smoking Withd government at work making a -Dennis Sadler other tunctiôns priorlty better place for us to live, (if throughout the year. Suùbdiîvision in Marivers Focing 0MB. on the proposed grant was postponed for the council td find out if using public fundr, for a private projeect is legal. sion DIRK BRINKMAN ,CuggS. Bowmanv"ille 62e-3621 E TOOUR G PROGRAMME (E MOVED AM REG ION SSOC IAT ION Seal Organizat ion) rMS 464, 5, 6 P eneral Hospital Street, Oshawa .1G 2B9- èone 723-3151 rvisit us or telephone for liseases of the Iung aII ofwhich rovIded as a ~S SEAL SERVICE ING EVENTS fek October 3 - 9 Course Octoberl16- Dec. 4 irawal Course Jan.:7 Corne on over andi take a look at the beautiful automnobi les from o o o o c, o o o ci o. 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